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Officials inspecting facilities at the Victor Attah International Airport on Thursday. By Anietie Akpan The Akwa Ibom state government has reiterated its readiness to meet the April deadline to commence international flights at the Victor Attah International Airport. A release from the Government House Press Unit said, the State’s Supervisory Commissioner for Special Duties and…
Edidiong Umoafia (right) from Akwa Ibom State handing over the Games Torch to Abia State official. By Akanimo Kufre The Niger Delta Games Torch was received and paraded in Abia State on Thursday, courtesy of Edidiong Umoafia, one of the Games Ambassadors, who brought it from Akwa Ibom. Edidiong, clad in a vibrant Akwa Ibom…
By Ekaette Okon -Joseph The Akwa Ibom State Government has launched a ward-based cooperative empowerment drive targeting 1,100 women in Mbo Local Government Area as part of broader efforts to expand women-owned businesses and strengthen grassroots economic participation across the state. Speaking on behalf of Governor Umo Eno at a women’s mobilisation meeting in Mbo,…
Executive Director, CHRAN, Mr Franklyn Isong. By Dianabasi Effiong A Civil Society group, Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN) has described the Akwa Ibom Taxes Bill, otherwise known as the Property Bill, as anti-people, draconian, monstrous, and oppressive. The group also says it opposed the Bill titled “A Bill for a law to…
By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRHA) recently held a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish a new legal framework for the proposed College of Health Sciences, Management and Technology. The bill, if it sails through will repeal the existing law establishing the College of Health Technology. The public…